AI Guesses Whether You're Gay or Straight from a Photo

Well this seems ominous. The Guardian reports:

Artificial intelligence can accurately guess whether
people are gay or straight based on photos of their
faces, according to new research that suggests machines
can have significantly better ���gaydar��� than humans.

The
study from Stanford University ��� which found that a
computer algorithm could correctly distinguish between
gay and straight men 81% of the time, and 74% for women
��� has raised questions about the biological origins
of sexual orientation, the ethics of facial-detection
technology, and the potential for this kind of software
to violate people���s privacy or be abused for anti-LGBT
purposes.

The Guardian | New AI Can Work Out Whether You're Gay or Straight from a Photograph